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What is public property?

Is a low income apartment building considered public property since its owned by the government and the state?

Asked on November 12, 2010 under Real Estate Law, Illinois

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 13 years ago | Contributor

In what  context do you mean, "is it public property?" If you mean does any member of the public have a right to enter it (or reside in it), the answer  is "no." Many government owned facilities and buildings are no accessible to the general public--think about police stations (other than the lobby), government office buildings, military bases, etc. Low income housing has a right, recognized everywhere, to keep out nontenants and to only accept as tenants those who meet the qualitfication criteria.

In addition, most low income housing is NOT owned by the government and state. The government, city, state, etc. may very well provide subsidies to the housinig, to enable lower than market rate rents, but the housing itself is usually owned by some corporation or other private entity.


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